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I have never been able to lap a hard stone on a single sheet of wet and dry. A hard stone takes several evolution or addition of loose 60 grit to get to flat. A single sheet of 80 girt would quickly...

Just so you and others understand the process, we lap stones to make them flat so they can be smoothed.

If a stone is uneven and has depressions that have never touched a lapping grit or steel, as...

Maybe, that is the problem /frustration with any natural and more so with Chinese Naturals especially the newer stones, they vary wildly in performance. The Original stones sold years ago seemed to...

So, a word of caution so you don’t waste a lot of time or drive yourself crazy, those stones either will finish, or they won’t.

Few can improve a 10 or 12k edge. Better than honing identical...

So, a grit is of a give size. Let’s say 10k, it has at least 2 sides that equal 10k to fall through a 10k mesh, it may be longer on the other end. On Natural stones there is no mesh.

But for the...

While I have not used that plate, I have use other inexpensive plates from eBay with no name, the CNTG, Ternd, DMT, Atoma, and EZLap.

They all work about equally well and last about the same,...